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Looking forward to seeing who those 1920s MVPs are.

I really like the Dan Daley/Pro Football Chronicle '20s team - that came to my mid too - Latone is on that team :D To me, the slam dunks are the ones everyone seems to mention and has been for a while - Dilweg fits imo for the '20s. The next one to sneak in at that level for me is Lewellen. I wasn't...

Sorry about that I thought you misspelled Joe Horrigan I must have misread it No problem - funny thing I almost wrote Joe Horrigan myself. Then I thought about it a minute and googled it. I just wanted the right guy to get credit. Great find on the podcast. Even from the outside (without any such t...

You mean Joe Horrigan Check out this link. His name is John Hogrogian. He did research on early All-Pro teams: https://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/05-07-147.pdf There is film of Slater this is from the Centennial Class announcement on Good Morning Football althou...

Some thoughts I had on this: -Seems inconsistent Duke Slater got in, I can't imagine there's much film on him. -Ironic if anyone on the panel also had a say on the 100-year team. Hewitt got in and not Nagurski. I remember on the old board, a member brought up Hewitt being a weak HOFer and pointing t...

PFHOFlover wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:39 pm stupidest film

I agree with this as it's written, but you mean "studied" film, right?

Either way, thanks for sharing this @PFHOFlover - explains a lot.

Thanks @conace21!

Does Art Powell not getting in break a streak? Who was the last Senior Finalist not to get in before this? Thanks.

...it feels like the HOF regards the judgment of the founding classes as sacred, anyone they passed over was passed for a reason that doesn't require an explanation, and the only instance they're willing to admit they screwed up on is Friedman. Possibly, but I think the combination of recency bias ...

Thanks T&S ... I read somewhere that Friedman tried to lobby to be included in the initial HOF classes in the early 60s but rubbed voters the wrong way. You cant blame him if he was one of the first true advocates of forward passing. You're welcome. Yep, from my memory of reading the book, I be...